A spokesperson for Kent County Council has said trans-focused books were removed from the children’s section of libraries to protect youngsters.

Kent County Council leader Linden Kemkaran took to X/Twitter last week to announce the removal of “trans material” from the children’s sections of all libraries in the county, in a move reminiscent of the Republican-led book bans in the US.

Reform UK took control of the council after the local elections in May, winning 56 seats.

Headed by right-wing populist Nigel Farage, Reform was founded in 2018 as the Brexit Party and has since undergone a rebranding and become known for its anti-immigration policies and Eurosceptic stance. The party has a poor record when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights.

“Another victory for #commonsenseinKent, my brilliant cabinet member councillor Paul Webb has just got this trans material removed from the children’s sections of all Kent’s libraries,” Kemkaran wrote at the time.

“Telling children they’re in the ‘wrong body’ is wrong and simply unacceptable.” 

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